the Literary Saloonopinionated commentary on literary mattersJudging the ... Samuel Johnson Prize- (Found July 2, 2008 ) They're announcing the winner of another 'major' literary prize in a few weeks, the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize, so one finds, of course, the obligatory judging-the-prize-piece: here it is Rosie Boycott who 'reveals how this year's judges of the Samuel Johnson Prize went about their work'.http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/archive/200806c.htm#fo4 Vick prize shortlist- (Found July 2, 2008 ) They've announced the six-title shortlist for the Bulgarian Vick Prize. Apparently: "Bulgarian literature published in 2007 closely resembled Bulgaria's reality -- paranoid and suspicion-filled".http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/archive/200806c.htm#fo5 Pamuk exhibit falls through- (Found July 2, 2008 ) It sounded really good: in conjunction with the Frankfurt Book Fair the Schirn Kunsthalle was going to hold an exhibit: Orhan Pamuk. The Museum of Innocence, based on his forthcoming novel. But apparently the book won't be finished (or at least tranlsated) in time, and so they ditched the exhibit.http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/archive/200806c.htm#fo6 Mircea Horia Simionescu- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Learn now about Mircea Horia Simionescu - A Delightfully Strange Voice at artLine.ro.http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/archive/200806c.htm#fo7 July Open Letters Monthly- July 2, 2008 The July issue of Open Letters Monthly is now up, and this time they have two servings of our favourite feature, their 'Peer Reviews', in which they consider the review-reactions to recent books.http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/archive/200807a.htm#fp9 |